Shorts Blast
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Dance For Camera (2007/Phila, 2 min)
by Gabrielle Revlock
A droll take on videographers grappling for their best shot of dancers. Taken at a Scribe Video and PDP “Dance & The Camera Workshop” with Carmella Vassor Johnson last spring.
Flying Lesson (2007/USA, 4.5 min)
by Phil Harder
A sweet sail one foot above Brooklyn, accomplished by dancing duo Chamecki and Lerner. Dance On Camera Winner of the 2008 Jury Prize
Portrait Of A Dancer (2007/Phila, 10 min)
by Laura Zimmerman
Four dancers portray one “every-dancer” in a choreographic sequence.
Kabukimenco (2007/Phila, 6 min)
by Kathy Rose
A choreographic phantasmagoria of rhythms, patterns and intense color create a regal ceremony.
Raven Study (2007/USA, 4.5 min)
by Charlotte Griffin
A dancer and a musician quite literally find transformative power in their art.
Life Force #3
(2007/Denmark)
by Lene Boel
A hooded man discovers industrial spaces of tunnels and machinery, while an invisible force gradually takes control of his body.
Horizon of Exile (2007/UK/Spain, 22 min)
by Isabel Rocamora
A journey of two women across stark desert landscapes is punctuated by voice testimonies of Iraqi exiles. Set to a soundtrack by Jivan Gasparyan with the hypnotic voice of Surma Hamid, an Iraqi exile now living in London, the bodies betray a strange trespass, travelling as though haunted by an irrepressible past.
Portrait Of A Dancer
La Vie est Belle (2004/France, 3 min)
by Tristan Duhamel
Grafitti characters painted by Jerome Mesnager dance all over the walls and streets of Paris.
blurring the lines between knowing... (2008/Phila, 4 min)
by Peter Lien & Zane Booker
Drawing from real life stories, spoken word and dance, this choreographic vignette features four youth who participated in a 12 week dance workshop conducted by the Smoke, Liles and Jade Arts Initiative.
Rooper
(2008/Phila, 2.5 min) by Kim Arrow
If Dr. Dolittle was a dancer he might try to dance like a kangaroo.
River Woman
(2007/Australia, 12 min) by Michelle Mahrer
[The serpent journeyed birthing the rivers, trees, wind, rocks....awakening life.] An evocative dance film inspired by the rainbow serpent mythology, featuring a unique colloabration between the filmmaker and the choreographer, Bernadette Walong, one of Australia's most sought-after dancer/choreograhers.